Netflix Removes Episodes of Australian Drama in Philippines for Showing Beijing’s Nine-Dash Line

Netflix Removes Episodes of Australian Drama in Philippines for Showing Beijing’s Nine-Dash Line
A logo for Netflix on a remote control in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 13, 2020. Jenny Kane/AP Photo
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Netflix has taken down two episodes of the Australian political drama “Pine Gap” from its service in the Philippines after the show displayed an image of a map with the Chinese regime’s nine-dash line on it, which the Filipino government called a violation of the country’s sovereignty.

Following a formal complaint lodged by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Philippines’ movie classification board ruled that certain episodes were “unfit for public exhibition.”